This fully revised and updated edition of 100 Great Businesses & the Minds Behind Them provides an up-to-the-minute look at a diverse collection of people, their businesses and how they make their enterprises work. From risk-loving entrepreneurs Richard Branson and the boys at Google to self-starters like IKEA’s Ingvar Kamprad; from one-person brands like Oprah to billionaire investment oracle Warren Buffett, this book delves into the hearts, minds and business plans of some of the world’s most successful business people. Profiles include creative geniuses such as food guru Jamie Oliver, vacuum-cleaner mogul James Dyson and accidental ice-cream entrepreneurs Ben & Jerry. This is an accessible collection of stories from Australia and around the world that offers inspiration, ideas and lessons on the principles of successful businesses. 100 Great Businesses & the Minds Behind Them looks at what makes entrepreneurs tick, what drives them, and highlights the pivotal moments in the lives of their businesses. It is a book with lasting lessons on the art of making your business a success.

Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them: about half of all regular cigarette smokers will be killed by their habit, but they just can't seem to give up.If you're really serious about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. There is a step-by-step giving up programme that is easy to follow and really works. Even in stressful situations, or when boredom sets in, you'll soon realise that even though the freedom and opportunity to smoke is there you have chosen not to. How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good will even help you to give up smoking without gaining weight. “Gillian Riley is an author who always makes sense” — Nigella Lawson “Brilliant... with an incredibly high success rate” — Daily Mail

The Scent of Your Breath, the second instalment in the Melissa P.'s series of confessions, is a stirring tale of obsessive love and destructive passion. Melissa, desperate for love and willing to do anything to find it, is now a successful writer in Rome, living with her new lover, Thomas. But as soon as she meets Viola, a woman from Thomas's past, sexual passion and insecurity mount in tandem, and Melissa is consumed with jealousy.Written as a confessional letter to her mother, the story that follows is one of dark obsession, violent lust, and soul-destroying talent. Driven by Melissa's singular voice - that unique and compelling combination of impetuous naivety and poetic sophistication that has mesmerised readers in thirty-one countries - The Scent of Your Breath blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy and delves deep into the disturbing yet strangely familiar mind of a teenage girl terrorised by love.

In this inspiring sequel to his classic bestseller The 80/20 Principle, Koch shows how to maximize success in your career and life by using the proven principle that 80 percent of changes in the world result from the most powerful 20 percent of actions and ideas. He’ll show how to use your own powerful “20 percent spike” – your most creative ideas and unique skills – to measure the amount of value you bring to your employer, clients or customers. For most people, there is a huge disparity between their intrinsic value and the compensation they receive for their efforts. The 80/20 Individual shows how to narrow that gap.“Koch writes with inspirational verve and assurance drawing on personal experience of building businesses. A useful motivational tool for appraising and leveraging talent in the organisation, his book yields some valuable lessons that any business can apply and will be of particular interest to the would-be entrepreneur.” — Choice of the Month, Director magazine

Practical, down to earth, explicit and funny, Hot Sex is the must-have sex and relationships book for every woman and man. It is an easy-to-follow guide that cuts straight to the nitty gritty to deliver candid advice and a healthy dose of humour. Packed with tips and techniques that work, Hot Sex includes everything from a blow-by-blow, step-by-step guide to oral sex to finding (and figuring out) your G-spot. Whether you’re a beginner or an old hand, get into Hot Sex—the only how-to that really tells you how to do it! “Frank, forthright and at times hysterically funny … ” — Pat Ingram, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan

Does our life have a higher purpose or is it merely a series of random events? Do unseen forces influence the course of our fate? Can we trust our intuition? What is my soul’s purpose? Everyone wants to know the answer to these questions. The Map of the Soul answers this, and more.

This recording provides meditations based on the emotional spectrum of colours. Individual colours have a different effect on your emotional state. For example, notice how you feel when you imagine a cool green, a bright red, or a dusky mauve. Your senses are directly connected to your emotions. By selecting the appropriate colour for the emotion you want to address at any particular time, you will be able to specifically transform a negative state into a positive one. Self-doubt can be transformed into confidence, laziness into willingness, confusion into clarity. These meditations offer a practical way to disengage from the outside world and to find a place of peace. Designed to help bring balance and harmony into your life, it will assist you to release negativity, develop your confidence and create positive life changes. They can be used when needed, and require nothing of you except to listen.

Queen of Pop, superstar, maverick and fashionista; Lady Gaga is one of the most recognisable and sensational pop stars for a generation. A true original, Gaga found fame the hard way, playing the grimy bars and burlesque shows of New York City, before finally relocating to Los Angeles to begin work on what would become her debut album The Fame. Constantly en vogue and always in the public eye, this is the biography of the rise of Gaga, from her early life as a teenage protg, to her life as one of the most respected musicians and most recognised entertainers on the planet. This audiobook lifts the lid on Lady Gaga. Find out all you ever wanted to know about the eccentric star.

In an unjust land, the only law is vengeance.In Cython’s slave camps, it’s the timid and obedient who survive – and Tali is neither, for she has sworn to bring her mother’s killers to justice.Her dramatic escape precipitates Cython’s war on Hightspall and, when Tali is rescued by Rix, heir to Hightspall’s greatest fortune, they flee through a land in turmoil. But Rix’s subconscious is scarred by a sickening secret that links him to the killing, and before they can solve the crime and defend the realm, Tali and Rix must learn to trust each other.All the while, Tali is hunted by a faceless sorcerer who can only be beaten by magic, yet the one person who can teach her to use her unruly magic is the sorcerer himself.As she unravels the conspiracy behind her mother’s murder, Tali’s quest turns to a lust for vengeance. But how can she avenge herself on a killer who died two thousand years ago? 'The final payoff is fantastic... Irvine is the most unflaggingly inventive storyteller we’ve seen in years.’ — Sydney Morning Herald

Joel thinks nothing is going on in his small town. But he’s wrong. One day, a miracle happens to him. He’s very nearly run over by a bus, but is miraculously unhurt. Shouldn’t he show gratitude somehow? Surely a good deed of some sort is in order. But what?

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